London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

When you write regularly about sexism, an odd thing starts happening. Emails pop into your inbox (all penned by men) demanding you stop holding forth on the globe’s ovary-owners. “Aren’t there bigger worries in the world?” they demand. Which is strange, because when I wrote only about the stock market, that didn’t seem to trouble anyone, nor have I ever heard of a football correspondent being routinely scolded for focusing on the young men who destroy lawns for a living.

Europe's attempts to equal the biggest ever last-day comeback in Ryder Cup history got off to a chaotic start when Rory McIlroy bizarrely arrived at Medinah just 10 minutes before the start of his singles match.

He’s better known as one of the world’s great Baroque violinists. But since taking up the baton — he’s held a post in Sweden since 2006 and became Associate Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 2010 — Andrew Manze has revealed a hidden Romantic streak.